PROCEEDINGS have begun today at the Fair Work Commission with four unions attempting to stamp out alleged wage theft by dodgy NDIS providers.
The four unions - ASU, AWU, HSU and UWU - are fighting to stop NDIS providers wrongly classifying staff as home care workers, who receive a lower award rate, and pocketing the $9 per hour wage difference.
Australian Services Union (ASU) NSW/ACT Secretary and National Union spokesperson, Angus McFarland, said the union estimated up to 10% of NDIS providers are paying their staff below their entitled rate despite being fully funded by the government to pay workers properly.
"This case is not about a wage rise and it's not about additional funding - it's about workers getting paid correctly," McFarland said.
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